KazAgro 2015 VI International Exhibition of Agriculture and Food Indus

“KazAgro/KazFarm’2015” – events that are aimed at the increase of Kazakhstan commodity producers’ competitiveness by means of modern technologies implementation in domestic goods and services production and promotion to the internal and external markets. Exhibitions are carried out as a platform for presentation of industry innovations, modern products, technologies and services, further the intensive dialogue between AIC (agro industrial complex) manufacturers and consumers.

Exhibitions will take place on October 27-29, 2015 in the exhibition center "Korme" in Astana.

The exhibitions are performed under the official support of:

Ministry of Agriculture of the Republic of Kazakhstan
Astana city Administration
BMELV (Germany, Federal Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Consumer Protection/Bundesministerium für Ernährung, Landwirtschaft und Verbraucherschutz)
JSC «National holding «KAZAGRO»
VDMA (German Engineering Federation)
NDTO (North Dakota Trade Office)

Kazakhstan is a transcontinental country located on border of Europe and Asia, one of the leading countries of Central Asia. Kazakhstan is the ninth largest country in the world. The republic proclaims itself a democratic, constitutional country. The financial system of Kazakhstan, political and economic stability promote preservation of a high rating of Kazakhstan in the world. Commercial relations successfully develop with many countries of Europe, Asia, CIS and USA.

Kazakhstan is an agro-industrial country with dynamically developing market economy. The main source of economic growth is mining. There are richest fields of non-ferrous metals, uranium. Kazakhstan also has considerable reserves of oil and gas. Nowadays the country belongs to the group of the world’s leading oil-producing states.

Agriculture is considered to be one of the key sectors of the Kazakh economy. The main directions of Kazakhstan agro-industrial complex is plant growing and animal husbandry. Total land area of Kazakhstan is 272 million hectares, including 226.6 million hectares of agricultural land purposes. Grain crops, especially, wheat, rice, cotton, forage and industrial crops are grown. Kazakhstan holds the third place in CIS after Russia and Ukraine with the production of wheat and the republic is one of the world’s major wheat and flour exporters.

Vegetable growing, melon growing, beekeeping is developed.

The variety of the Kazakhstan environment causes considerable potential opportunities for livestock-breeding development. The key areas of the livestock-breeding are sheep breeding, horse breeding, camel breeding and cattle breeding. Poultry farming, pig breeding, maral breeding and fishery are also developed in the country.

Annually the Government of Kazakhstan increases subsidy of the republic agrarian sector. Within the “Agribusiness 2020” state program 10 billion dollars are planned to be allocated for the branch development, among them are: updating the fleet of the agricultural machinery which deterioration makes 87%, effectively carrying out field and harvest works, acquisition of cattle, organization of feedlots, improvement of the epizootic situation, etc..